“It’s really f–king hard. It’s hard. It’s hard everyday. It’s hard in the writer’s room. It’s hard on the set. It just feels like . . . it’s hard too because we’re getting ready to wrap up a series. We’re going to do one more year and that’s it. So the last scene and the last stories were always very Cory heavy.”

Murphy says it is even more difficult to change the direction of Lea Michele‘s character, Rachel Berry.

“Well, you know, it’s very sad. I just said the whole end year of the show, which will be next year, was designed really around Rachel/Cory, Finn story. I knew how that would end. I knew what the last shot was — he was in it. So when a tragedy happens you sort of have to pause and figure out what else you want to do, so we’re figuring that out now.”

Be sure to check out how the creators close the book on the beloved singing sensation and stay tuned for the next episode of Glee, airing on November 7th.